John Fea attempts to answer the question posed in the title of his book, “Why Study History?” He answers this question in eight chapters that talk about the different aspects of history. In chapter one, Fea talks about the role of historians as “revisionists.” Though history can be revealed through simple facts, it is meaningless without a story. Historians try to identify the story behind the facts by following the five C’s: change, context, causality, contingency, and complexity. In chapter two, Fea proposes reasons for why we are intrigued by the past and the benefits it brings; “We consume the past in hopes that it will inspire us, provide an escape from modern life, and tell us who we are as individuals and communities” (Fea 46). The past
